Protection scheme for protecting against equipment failure in a data communications system
US7747773B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J2203/006
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data communications system has a plurality of nodes connected by a plurality of links. A subset of the links and nodes forms a worker path for carrying worker data through the communications system, and a further subset of links and nodes provides a protection path for carrying other data in the absence of a fault in the worker path and for providing an alternative path for the worker data in the event of a fault in the worker path. The alternative path is predetermined prior to the detection of a fault in the worker path.
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